City council members aren’t sure Columbus is quite ready to welcome motorized commercial scooters to its streets and sidewalks.
The council voted unanimously Tuesday on an ordinance that prohibits the use of motorized commercial scooters until the city has laid out its own rules and regulations.
The move is a proactive step toward preventing a rental company like Bird or Lime from dropping off hundreds of scooters on city streets as they have in other Indiana cities including Bloomington, Indianapolis and West Lafayette over the last year.
“I’ve received a lot of positive response from folks in my district in regard to the proactive nature we’ve taken with scooters,” Councilman David Bush said.
The 15-miles-per-hour vehicles have caused controversy in cities across the nation after injuries have been reported and cities have been left to clean abandoned scooters out of rivers and waterways. Nashville, Tennessee, reported its first scooter-related death last month.
